do I need a permit to put RV on lot permanently

[terracore]

Originally Posted by skeddy

stay in hotels or Airbnb if you're only there 60 days a year. it will be much cheaper

Second this advice. For reasons already mentioned, you don't want to leave anything unattended in Hawaii for 10 months out of the year without a caretaker.



There are virtually no RVs here. I have heard differing reasons why, the #1 being that the climate and insects take their toll. There are no RV dealers here, and nowhere to get them serviced, no RV parks, and no place that I'm aware of to legally dispose of their waste. I see less than 1 RV on average per year, always with out of state plates, and then I never see it again. I don't know where they go to die. Occasionally I see RVs for sale on Craigslist, but I've never seen one that runs or is in anything other than poor condition.


What fills the RV niche? Retired tour buses:


https://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/...749957539.html


(above link will be obsolete soon, nothing I can do about that, but its a link for used tour buses for sale).

[Tisambas1]

I considered bringing my RV here too, and rent it out to others. I did not bring it because I th8nk it would have rotted out or filled with mold and mildew. This is the wrong climate, especially if you are going to leave it in the jungle to rot. The jungle may grow and cover it up while you are gone. Then think about the termites, and getting into your bed the first night and finding fire ants. There is a person at the corner of First and Paradise in Hawaiian Paradise Park that has a class A motor home set up under a brick type of open air shelter, with a roof. He has a very attractive rock wall surounding his acre, and it looks like a few permanent rooms in the shelter. He seems to live there full time, and most have come up with someway to manage the sewage. This is a very fancy neighborhood down by the ocean in Puna, there are other areas where there is a lot more crime. I would not leave a house unattended in an isolated cheap lot. But a nice ocean front lot and build a lava rock wall and a big gate, and get someone to stay in it to care for it, and you will probably be fine. If you do what to dump the sewage, there is a place near the airport that you can do that.

[KawaiiHawaii]

Good thoughts guys. I have made a reservation to stay in a Yurt for 2 weeks to see how I like it. If I do I may rent one for a few months and set it up in my own backyard to see how I feel about taking it up and down and spending large amounts of time in it.
Would a small home (just big enough to pass ordinances) be less likely to have theft damage on the Kona side?